As we write the insurance payments are not going to reach $7.1 billion. The current situation is $4.6 billion at a maximum, although this may be subject to change (up or down) as a result of court rulings.

And of course this isn't profit for Silverstein. The money is being provided for him to rebuild the WTC complex, and it turns out that's quite expensive ($6.3 billion in April 2006, see here).

$4.6 billion in insurance money, $6.3 billion in costs? Not such a great deal, then. Whatâs more, donât imagine the insurance companies have handed over all of this money. As we write (June 2006) there are other problems:

The statement that 77 smashed through 9 ft of reinforced concrete is a lie. Only the outer wall was reinforced condrete, the interior walls were unreinforced brick, and images can be seen at the site given below

One assumption being made here is that Flight 77 passed through 6 reinforced concrete walls, each 18â thick, but that is nothing more than an assumption. Take a look at the above photo, and youâll see the rings are four windows deep at the left hand side (where the exit hole is), three deep in the next ring. The ground floor, through which the plane travelled, is open plan -- internal walls only, no reason whatsoever to believe they were â18â of reinforced concreteâ.

If anyone tells you âwell, they might have beenâ, then go search the Pentagon images. Weâve seen none from the initial shots where itâs full of debris, to the reconstruction shots afterwards, that show any sign of or structural requirement for such massive internal walls. (But donât take our word for it, any more than you should take anyone elseâs. Go look for yourself).

We can get an idea of the walls away from the reinforced front side of the Pentagon by looking at the exit hole, though. Hereâs how Ring E is described in the ACSE report:

The perimeter exterior walls of Ring E are faced in limestone and backed with unreinforced brick infilled in the concrete frame. Nearly all remaining exterior walls are 10 in. concrete.The first story at AE Drive is brick infilled in the concrete frame, with no windows.The concrete walls have 5 by 7 ft openings for windows and include columns built in as pilasters, corresponding to column locations below, and girders reinforced within the wall.http://fire.nist.gov/bfrlpubs/build03/PDF/b03017.pdf

Based on the sizes of the person standing next to the debris and other objects in the photographs that we can use for comparison, it has been estimated that the disk is approximately 25 to 30 inches (63.5 to 76.2 cm) across. Obviously, this piece is far smaller than the maximum engine diameter of 6 feet (1.8 m) or more leading many to draw the conclusion that the item is not from a 757 engine. That conjecture causes conspiracy theorists to believe that a much smaller vehicle must have struck the Pentagon instead.

"Im afraid of the number of brainwashed Americans who get their information from uncredible sources. The amount of garbage people believe from the net is unreal."

I too am amazed. Having the internet is like taking a peek into all the "cults" that have always been around but now (more) like minded people can gather together and exhanges rants. In the past I would rationalize the garbage that with a bit more education people will wise up, au contraire, seems the whole world has gone mad.

Does it bother me? No, but I worry about my kids, keeping them on the fast track to think for themselves and stay away from the garbage.

Oh yea, I am judge and jury of garbage, if what you read doesn't advance you in your job, enrich your life, ie, arts, faith, etc put it on the back burner.

The nerve this topic once set afire has been deadened. Now, it's an amusing mental-carwreck you can't look away from.

Imagine, as Americans head off to war, their fellow "Americans" concoct and disseminate this propaganda; Americans were behind the hit so they could lead us into a war to profit from increased oil prices and contracts to defense contractors.

It would have been genius if Al-Queda was somehow involved in propagating this story, (talk about sapping the will of your enemy), However, Bin Laden had already admitted to the attack and he doesn't deserve that much respect.

Too bad Sir Alfred Hitchcock is no longer, he would have been inspired by such a plotline. We should get an incredible James Bond flick out of it at the very least. (pray Oliver Stone doesn't ...)